New UI configuration page - IDEAl Mode Button Layout

[Jens Dagerbo]

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On Tuesday 16 March 2004 15:34, Bernd Pol wrote:
> Hi Jens,
>
> the new UI configuration page looks good. But the labeling on the IDEAl
> Mode Button Layout radio buttons is somewhat misleading. The 3rd button
> says:
> "Text on active button"
> (which is true of course) but currently this does not distinguish it
> form "Icons only" mode.

Hmm.. you're right.

> I see also text on the active tab in icons only mode. Only the icons are
> smaller in case of the 3rd selection and the text looks somewhat
> misplaced there - small icon aligned at top tab border, text aligned at
> the bottom tab border, on the bottom tab row for example).

Hmm.. "ugly mode"? I have honestly no idea why these two modes both exist. 
Should we ignore it? Simply not make it available to the user? I see no real 
point in offering the 3rd mode.

> Q1: Shouldn't they be called "Tabs" instead of "Buttons"? That is the
> way they intuitively appear to the user. (Even if they are buttons
> programatically.)

I'm fully open for suggestions. I just used "button" to distinguish them from 
"tabs" which are used in the same dialog to refer to something else.

"IDEAl Toolview Tab Layout"?

Btw, I meant to add "what's this" help to the dialog, but for this very reason 
- - objections - I wanted to wait a while. :)

> Q2: Is it an incomplete mdi implementation? It certainy makes sense to
> distinguish between icons only display, even if selected, and text
> display on the active tab only.

I'm not sure I understand.. you are saying you think one mode (the 3rd?) 
should be icons _only_? For completeness, maybe.. It's a question for the 
KMDI implementors in any case.


jd




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